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Astronomy Websites for Schools If link does not open please copy the URL and paste into the address bar of your browser and hit Enter. Armagh Observatory http://www.arm.ac.uk Armagh Planetarium http://www.armaghplanet.com UNAWE International http://www.unawe.org/ UNAWE UK http://uk.unawe.org/ UNAWE Educational Material http://www.unawe.org/resources/edu cation/ UNAWE Activity Sheets - upcoming area of website - may not be live yet http://www.unawe.org/resources/act ivities/ Our Creativity video http://star.arm.ac.uk/~lmk/ArmaghObservatory-CreativityNI.mp4 Universe in a box activity book, don’t forget zip file has the images to use http://www.unawe.org/resources/edu cation/Universe_in_Box_activityboo k/ Kepler/NASA information - exoplanet counter in gold bar http://kepler.nasa.gov/education/ BBC Stargazing LIVE http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/features/st argazing/star-guides.shtml Armagh Observatory FETTU Posters http://star.arm.ac.uk/fettu/ Moon phase worksheet http://sciencenetlinks.com/media/fil er/2011/10/14/moon_worksheet.html Paper plate resources http://www.enchantedlearning.com/c rafts/stars/ ESA for younger kids: follow Paxi http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/Lifei nSpace.html ESA Materials – online http://www.esa.int/Education ESA Education http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Lesso ns_online/index.html NASA Mars Rover Curiosity: latest info http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/w hatsnew/ UFO paper bowl craft for kids http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/ outer-spacecrafts.html#paperplateufo Heavens Above, configure your location "From Database" on page that opens and save as your home location http://www.heavens-above.com Beautiful time Lapse of ISS journey over Earth http://vimeo.com/61487989 EU-UNAWE UK Page 1 of 7 Views from the International Space Station (ISS) http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/aro und-the-world-in-90-minutes/ IAU Origin of the Constellations http://www.iau.org/public/constellati ons/ Details of the night sky each month http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.a c.uk/astronomy/nightsky/nskyaug12. html Send your school message into space in 2013!!! http://uk.euunawe.org/updates/gathering/ NASA Kids http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkid s/kidsclub/flash/index.html Keep up with Kepler discoveries with NASA http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ kepler/main/index.html NASA Picture of the Day index http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree .html NASA Picture of the Day archive http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepi x.html UNAWE DIY Solar System, icosahedrons http://www.unawe.org/activity/euunawe1328/ Scholastic, buy books or download very useful worksheets http://education.scholastic.co.uk/sea rch/search?age_type=&log=t&now=qu ery&search%5Bquery%5D=space&sea rch%5Bsection_id%5D= Irish Astronomical Association http://irishastro.org.uk/ Astronomy Ireland http://astronomy.ie/ Aurora alerts to your email http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/alert s BBC Universe Through Time poster http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/starg azinglive/sgl_universe_through_time. pdf Eclipse table – Sun and Moon http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.h tml Hubble Space Telescope Gallery http://hubblesite.org Nine Planets, general audience information http://nineplanets.org Planet factsheet from NASA http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary /factsheet NASA young astronomers http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ StarChild/StarChild.html What is Aboriginal Astronomy? http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/A boriginalAstronomy/whatis.htm DCAL NI Learning Strategy http://www.dcalni.gov.uk/quick_linksdcal_learning_strategy Discover Science and Engineering (DSE) http://www.discover-science.ie/ DSE links with ESERO http://www.discoverscience.ie/programmes-andaudiences/esero-and-dse Mars Rover Landing Video http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index. php?id=1090 EU-UNAWE UK Page 2 of 7 Nursery Age Star Movie – slow to download http://star.arm.ac.uk/~mdp/IYAbeyond/news/universeawareness/nursery-astronomymov.mov Word search generators http://tools.atozteacherstuff.com/w ord-search-maker/wordsearch.php BBC’s Explore the solar system http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/ solarsystem Children's University Manchester - Astronomy Near Mars Comet October 2014 http://www.childrensuniversity.manc hester.ac.uk/interactives/science/ea rthandbeyond/ http://science.nasa.gov/sciencenews/science-atnasa/2013/26mar_marscomet/ Ideas from other countries http://www.guardian.co.uk/teachernetwork/2012/sep/28/teaching-education-ideasfrom-othercountries?newsfeed=true&utm_source=buffer&bu ffer_share=77254 Stellarium, the sky at your location - downloadable http://www.stellarium.org Royal Astronomical Society http://www.ras.org.uk/ Teacher's Pet (currently £12 per year subscription) http://activities.tpet.co.uk/#/Searc h/space Music inspired by Astronomy http://aer.aas.org/resource/1/aersc z/v11/i1/p010303_s1?view=fulltext Monty Python Galaxy Song http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/ 5409/galaxy.swf Geogentric explanation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocent ric_model Solar eclipses visible from UK to 2090 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclips es_visible_from_the_United_Kingdom_AD_1000– 2090 BBC Sky at night http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b 006mk7h BBC Moore Marathon http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b 006mk7h/clips Plough – cultural stories http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p 00cydkv Orion – stars in the constellation http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p 00fd2qx Transit of Venus in June 2012 Pictures from just after Big Bang More advanced lectures for parents and teachers National STEM Centre – you may have to register free EU-UNAWE UK http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete ch/article-2155140/Transit-Venus2012-Spectacular-seen-time2117.html?ito=feeds-newsxml http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete ch/article-2156273/Amazing-newpictures-moments-following-BigBang.html http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professor s-and-speakers/professor-ianmorison http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.u k/elibrary/resource/1922/birth-ofthe-solar-system Page 3 of 7 STEM Centre, mass, gravity etc. http://www.playbackschools.org.uk/programme/3 020/ks2-science-forces-mass-weight-and-gravity Science News Daily: Life from space? http://www.sciencedaily.com/release s/2012/09/120924144751.htm Women in Astronomy - from the past http://www.sheisanastronomer.org/in dex.php/history Women in Astronomy - modern Day http://www.sheisanastronomer.org/in dex.php/profiles Black Hole event 2013 and other videos http://www.space.com/16332-milkyway-black-hole-eats-gas-cloudcoming-2013-video.html Constellations and Astrology etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal _and_tropical_astrology FORA.tv a conference channel with over 100 astronomy videos http://fora.tv/search_video?q=astro nomy Gravity question and video NASA Trading Cards Armagh Observatory Annual Report BBC Scientists - Galileo ESA videos CLEAPSS H&S etc. use your UK school’s membership password http://science.howstuffworks.com/e nvironmental/earth/geophysics/ques tion232.htm http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multime dia/downloads/SSE_trading_card.pd f http://star.arm.ac.uk/annrep/annrep 2012/annrep2012_small.pdf http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/ solarsystem/scientists/galileo_galilei #p006hq3n http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/Videos/ 2013/08/Did_you_know_How_often _do_astronauts_wash_their_clothes _in_space http://www.cleapss.org.uk/ L198 Earth in Space KS2 and safe observing of Sun PS17 Mars crater http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article2156466/Meteor-carved-30-mile-crater-Marsreveals-buried-layers-carved-ancient-waterflows.html Posters http://www.daydreameducation.co.uk A day in the life of European Southern Observatory ESO http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/ 50years/webcast.html “Good sites for Kids” http://www.goodsitesforkids.org/Ast ronomy.htm International Projects http://www.guardian.co.uk/teachernetwork/2012/sep/24/internationalcollaboration-curriculum-learning/print International Astronomical Union (IAU) Defining our place in the cosmos http://www.iau.org/public/place_in_c osmos/ Met Office weather conditions for observing http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ For real?!! http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitz report/2013/02/house-science-committeequestions-existence-of-meteors.html STFC – download or order materials http://www.so.stfc.ac.uk/publications /publorderform.aspx#PSA EU-UNAWE UK Page 4 of 7 STFC Public Engagement http://www.stfc.ac.uk/1360.aspx Teachit Primary UK (can do free registration) http://www.teachitprimary.co.uk/ind ex.asp?CurrMenu=1405 Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures http://www.youtube.com/SVAstrono myLectures/ Comet ISON http://science.nasa.gov/sciencenews/science-atnasa/2013/18jan_cometison/ “Babies are born scientists” http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125 575&org=NSF&from=news&utm_source=buffer&b uffer_share=3e565 Were the Aboriginal Australians the world's first astronomers? http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnor ris/papers/_n217.pdf World Space Week 4-10th October http://www.worldspaceweek.org/wsw /index.php XEphem – Astronomical software http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xe phem/ KS2 Resources from Royal Obs Greenwich RTE interview Irish Scientists at CERN Children chatting with an ISS astronaut http://www.rmg.co.uk/schools/royalobservatory/classroomresources/key-stage-2/ http://www.rte.ie/news/specialreports/2013/0718/463278-irishscientists-at-cerns-cutting-edge/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz KVPnmI-8Q Reccomendations from ESERO Ireland: Online resources for Primary Teachers linked to the International Space Station (ISS) Education Kit Section 1 : Gravity, the earth & the moon Discover Primary Science & Maths (DPSM) Gravity Activity Weightlessness/Free-Fall animationhttp://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/issedukit/en/html/t040505r1.html DPSM Cosmic Collisions Greenwave – what is spring? Met Eireann Education Resources http://www.met.ie/education The earth & the moon (Orrery) Stargazing Live (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wnvpf) http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/guides/bbc_stargazing_live_activity_pack .pdf Make a Moon Watch Flip book http://www.amnh.org/ology/features/stufftodo_astro/imgs/moonflipboo k.pdf DPSM The moon, craters and meteorites DPSM – How big is the moon? Scale Models : Playdoh : Playdoh Earth and Moon EU-UNAWE UK Page 5 of 7 Section 2 : Being an Astronaut and travelling to Space DPSM Make your own hovercraft (Note: we have found that using bluetak is just as effective as glue for this activity) DPSM Aeroplanes DPSM Rockets (note foam rockets will be added soon) The NASA Rocket Educator’s Guide http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype /Rockets.html Mission V Train Like an Astronaut http://trainlikeanastronaut.org/mission-data a physical education linked series of activities – with maths and space an integral part. Eggnaut – bring your astronaut (egg) safely back to earth! http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/edu/Eggnaut_EN.pdf European Astronauts http://www.esa.int/esaHS/eurastronauts.html Timeline of space exploration http://www.instantdisplay.co.uk/spacetraveltimeline.jpg http://www.spacekids.co.uk/spacehistory Section 3 : On Board the ISS Building the ISS – DPSM Design a bridge DPSM Amazing Triangles DPSM Satellites & Reflection Earth Observation http://www.esa.int/esaEO/index.html DPSM Astronomy & Football Receipt roll/cash register (Pocket) Solar System is at: http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=392 Calulate relative size & distance to the Sun of all the planets in the Solar System http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/ The 3-D Big Dipper / Plough is at the American Museum of Natural History Site: http://clccomet.wikispaces.com/file/view/3DConst.pdf Make a Star Wheel (planisphere) http://www.skyandtelescope.com/letsgo/familyfun/Make_a_Star_Wheel. html Make a star finder: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/starfinder/ Use this model of the Milky Way and other galaxies to indicate relative distances to other galaxies. A Universe of Galaxys is at: http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=389 Observing the sun safely http://resources.yesican-science.ca/trek/eclipse0602/pinhole2.html http://solar-center.stanford.edu/observe/#section1 EU-UNAWE UK Page 6 of 7 Section 4 : Living in Space Daily schedule for crew of ISS http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html Where/when to see the ISS : Heavens Above (printable sky map, times of sunrise and sunset, ISS spotting) http://www.heavens-above.com/ Flash for the Mars Rover Driving http://www.marsquestonline.org/tour/rovers/drivearover/index.html Little Green Martians http://www.athena.cornell.edu/kids/home_08.html Mars Express http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/index.html Daily updates and images from Mars Rover Curiosity http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html Other useful links/references http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/ use with caution – the suggested American grade levels are not good matches, and some of the language used in the sheets is too advanced. Great use of visuals though. Kindergarten – aged 5, will turn 6; 1st grade – 6 yrs; 2nd grade – 7 yrs; 3rd grade – 8 yrs; 4th grade – 9 yrs; 5th grade - 10 yrs; 6th grade – 11 yrs, so grades are a near enough match for classes-but the grade references are not always suitable Night Sky Network – wonderful searchable list of activities: http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-search.cfm Black Holes is at: http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/downloadview.cfm?Doc_ID=317 Galaxy Zoo, Moon Zoo and Ice Hunters: http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ http://www.moonzoo.org/ http://www.icehunters.org/ all linked, require free registration. Astronomy Picture of the Day http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ Multimedia imagery http://www.esa.int/esammg/mmg.pl?b=b&type=IVA&keyword=IOW&start =2 Hubble images http://hubblesite.org/gallery/ Daily images of the sun http://www.esa.int/esaCP/ASE08Y9KOYC_Protecting_0.html Aboriginal: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris/papers/_n217.pdf EU-UNAWE UK Page 7 of 7